From the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s, Jaco was credited with single-handedly obliterating the boundaries of the electric bass and redefining its potential across all idioms of music. On 2003's award-winning and critically acclaimed Word of Mouth Revisited, the first celebration of his unique legacy by the Jaco Pastorius Big Band, jazz fusion bass freaks and fans of the Weather Report innovator first got the message that his richly textured compositions were ripe for spirited big-band arrangements on.

Pastorius' own compositions dominate, but classics from his famous collaborators Pat Metheny ("Sirabhorn") and Joe Zawinul ("Cannonball") are equally engaging. When this collection was released in 2006, even lovers of less progressive contemporary jazz enjoyed it for its energetic spirit and lyrical melodies.